LONGWOOD, FL-As Adam tried to hide from God on that fateful day in the Garden of Eden, so do many contemporary fathers try to evade their God ordained responsibilities. But just as God clothed Adam and Eve with an animal skin, He has provided a vehicle through which children can achieve reconciliation with their physically and emotionally absent and/or abusive fathers Jesus Christ. In his book Cover Your Father's Nakedness: Forgiving the Father Who Forsook You Volume 1 (paperback, 978-1-60266-191-2; hardcover, 978-1-60266-192-9), author Sherman N. Crockett, Jr., issues a clarion call to forgiveness for those who have been wounded by their fathers, and for fathers to heed the call of God in their lives before it is too late.
The emotional disconnect between fathers and their children cuts to the heart of the issue concerning the destruction of the traditional family, which has come under constant attack in recent decades with an unstoppable media barrage of skewed values. Crockett, whose own experiences with his emotionally absent father coupled with empirical research formed the basis for this work, believes his book will minister to the emotionally wounded, mend the rift in dysfunctional families, and give fathers and their children a strong foundation upon which to rebuild their relationship.
Sherman N. Crockett, Jr., and his wife, Barbara, have three children, Caster, Rachel, and Hannah, and one grandson, Christian. He is the president of ForgiveYourFather Ministries and an ordained elder at Timothy Baptist Church in Athens, Georgia.
Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world's largest Christian publisher, with more than 3,900 titles published to date. Retailers may order Cover Your Father's Nakedness through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. Salem Communications is the country's leading Christian communications company with interests in radio, Internet, and magazine publishing.
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2007